THE HOME MARKETS

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12527, 17 August 1926, Page 8

THE HOME MARKETS

OFFICIAL RANGE OF PRICES HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLE BUTTER STEADY; CHEESE QUIET Tho Department .7 Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated the 14th instant, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— BUTTER. Market quiet but steady. Official quotations are New Zealand—Finest salted and «.i----salted: August 14th, 174 s to 176 s per cwt (Is Gid to Is 6sd per lb); August 7th, 172 s to 174 s (Is 6ja). Other qualities : August 14th, 162 s to 1666 (Is sjd to Is s£d). Australian—Salted: August 14th, 166 s to 170 s (Is ssd to Is 61d); August 7th, 166 s to 170 s (Is s*d to Is 64d). Unsalted: August 14th, 166 s to 172 s (Is 52d to Is 6£d); August 7th, 166 s to 172 s (Is sjd to Is 6id). Other qualities: salted, August 14th, 142 s to 160 s (Is 3d to Is sd); unsalted, August 14th, 142 s to 154 s (Is 3d to Is 4id). Argentine—Unsalted—August 14th, 154 s to 160 s (Is 4id to Is sd); August 7th, 154 s to 160 s (Is 4Jd to Is sd). Other qualities: August 14th, 146 s to 152 s (Is 3*d to Is 4*d). Siberian—August 14th, 138 s to 146 s (Is 2Jd to Is August 7th, 138 s to 146 s (Is 2|d to Is 3id). Irish—Creamery: August 14th, 104 s to 170 s (Is sjd to Is 6sd); August 7th, 166 s to 168 s (Is ssd to Is 6d). Unsalted: August 14th, 168 s to 172 s (Is 6d to l,s 6}d); August 7th, 168 s to 170 s (Is 6d to Is 6sd). Canadian—Creamery, August 14t.h, 166 s to 170 s (Is si(l to Is 6|dl; August 7th, 166 s to 168 s (Is sjd to Is 6d). Unsalted: August 14th, 172 s (Is August 7th, 170 s (Is 6id). Danish—August 14th, 177 s to 180 s (Is 7d to Is 7id); August 7th, 180 s (Js <id). CHEESE. Demand is good for English. Colonial quiet. Official quotations are:— I English finest farmers’—August 14th, 96s to 100 s per cwt (10id to 10$d per lb); August 7th, 96s to 100 s to 10Jd). Canadian—Finest coloured; August 14th, 86s to 88s (9id>; August 7th, 84s to 86s (9d to 9Jd). White: August 14th, 88s to 90s (9Jd to 9id); August 7th, S6s to 88s (9}d). Now Zealand—Coloured: August 14th. 85s to 86s (9d to August 7th, 82s lo 83s (8d). White: August 14tli, 88s to 90s (9sd to 9£d); Augtist 7th, 87s to 88s (9Jd). Shipment* of New Zealand produce arrived this week per s.s. Mahana and Ruapehu. TALLOW. Spot market quiet. • Very little business has been done at auction this week, and price* lower. Official quotations arc:—Mutton, fine 45s to 45s 6d, fair to good 43s to 44s 6d, dark to dull 41s to 42s per cwt; beef, sweet and/or mixed 44s to 45 s 6d, fair to good 42s 6d to 445, dark to dull 40s 6d to 41s fid per cwt; mixed, fnir to good 42s to 43s 6d, dark to dull 40s 6d to 41s; gut, etc., 37s to 41s per cwt. HEMP. Manila market remains firm. ,r .V* grade, August-September and SeptembcM*Noveinber shipments sold .£44. Stocks in Manila July 31st, 191,000 bales, against 141,600 same period last year. Groat Britain 2G,331 against 27,820. Sisal market steady. No. 1 Tanganyika and Kenya afloat. August-Octobor shipments sold .£43. New Zealand, fair demand but business restricted on account of scarcity of offers. There are hovers highpoints .£37, fair L 33 10s to <£34, rejected afloat sold .£3O IPs. WOOL. Better tone. Bradford market maintained prices. Tops steady at about last quotations. N.Z. MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD NOMINATIONS FOR VACANCIES The returning nfficor announces (hat 4xe has received tho following nomina-

tions for the two vacancies for produe* ere’ representatives on the New Zealand t Producers* BoardF. S. Bowen a ; J. O. Coop, Ataahua, Canterbury; C. D. Dickie, Hawera; T. A. Dun« can, Hunterville (sitting member); Adam Hamilton, Invercargill (sitting member!. The election will take place on the 26th instant, when the delegates who represent the various districts throughout the .Dominion, and who constitute the electoral committee, will assemble in Wellington to consider the fourth annual report and statement of account* of the board and io select the two pro* ducers* representatives on the board. SHIPMENTS OF LAMB FROM AUSTRALIA ] The New Zealand Meat Producer** Board has just received a cablegram from its representative in Australia, advising that 10,268 carcases of lamb wera exported from Australia for the fort* night ended August 13th, 1926.